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GALEX视角下的DA白矮星族群

A GALEX view of the DA White Dwarf Population

Renae E. Wall, Mukremin Kilic, P. Bergeron, Nathan D. Leiphart

AI总结:

本研究利用GALEX紫外数据分析14001颗DA白矮星,验证光学与光学+紫外拟合参数的一致性,识别出89个新离群天体,为后续巡天发现特殊白矮星提供基础。

摘要:

我们对来自蒙特利尔白矮星数据库的14001颗DA白矮星开展了详细的模型大气分析,这些白矮星配有GALEX任务的紫外测光数据。我们使用消光可忽略不计的100秒差距样本,证明仅由光学数据得到的最佳拟合参数,与由光学+紫外测光得到的参数之间不存在重大系统性差异。GALEX的远紫外(FUV)和近紫外(NUV)数据减小了模型拟合的统计误差,尤其是对于光谱能量分布峰值位于紫外波段的更热白矮星。拟合从紫外到光学的光谱能量分布还能识别出紫外超量或紫外不足的天体。我们使用两种不同方法来识别模型拟合中的离群值。已知的离群值包括具有特殊大气组成的天体、强磁白矮星,以及双白矮星系统,包含双简并系统和白矮星+主序星系统。我们基于GALEX紫外数据给出了89个新识别的离群天体列表;后续需要对这些天体进行观测以确定其性质。当前有多个正在进行和即将开展的大规模光谱巡天将瞄准超过10^5颗白矮星。此外,ULTRASAT任务计划开展近紫外波段的全天巡天。结合GALEX和ULTRASAT的紫外数据,以及这些大样本光谱证认DA白矮星的光学数据,将为识别太阳系附近的特殊白矮星提供绝佳机会。

英文摘要:

We present a detailed model atmosphere analysis of 14001 DA white dwarfs from the Montreal White Dwarf Database with ultraviolet photometry from the GALEX mission. We use the 100 pc sample, where the extinction is negligible, to demonstrate that there are no major systematic differences between the best-fit parameters derived from optical only data and the optical + UV photometry. GALEX FUV and NUV data improve the statistical errors in the model fits, especially for the hotter white dwarfs with spectral energy distributions that peak in the UV. Fitting the UV to optical spectral energy distributions also reveals UV-excess or UV-deficit objects. We use two different methods to identify outliers in our model fits. Known outliers include objects with unusual atmospheric compositions, strongly magnetic white dwarfs, and binary white dwarfs, including double degenerates and white dwarf + main-sequence systems. We present a list of 89 newly identified outliers based on GALEX UV data; follow-up observations of these objects will be required to constrain their nature. Several current and upcoming large scale spectroscopic surveys are targeting $>10^5$ white dwarfs. In addition, the ULTRASAT mission is planning an all-sky survey in the NUV band. A combination of the UV data from GALEX and ULTRASAT and optical data on these large samples of spectroscopically confirmed DA white dwarfs will provide an excellent opportunity to identify unusual white dwarfs in the solar neighborhood.

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